Getting to grips with testing medical inflation check valves

摘要

PCE AUTOMATION Ltd of Beccles has developed what is reported to be a unique high-speed machine for testing medical inflation check valves. These one-way valves are used by the medical device industry to inflate or deflate balloons or cuffs - which are built into critical airway management devices such as endotracheal tubes, tracheosto-my tubes and urology catheters. The valve testing machine, which forms part of a modular production system, makes extensive use of Festo parallel grippers to help accelerate the manufacturing process, and achieves a very high throughput of 240 valves per minute.